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World Service,22 Jul 1999,4 mins

The Impact of Ford's Model T

My Century

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"Previous to the Model T the average person couldn't afford an automobile." Dorman describes the impact this first mass-produced car had on American life and talks about his own fascination with the Model-T, which he says, put the world on wheels.

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